Alipay In Singapore Now A Reality

It was introduced to offer tourists from China an alternative payment method that they were more familiar with. With it, they can not only pay for goods within Changi Airport, but they can also purchase a NETS Flashpay card for use during their stay in Singapore.

Today, Singaporeans can also join in on the Alipay experience (sort of).

helloPay, Lazada’s online payments platform, has announced that with immediate effect, it has rebranded itself into Alipay Singapore.

While it may be Alipay Singapore in name, it’s not exactly a part of the global Alipay ecosystem… yet.

The move also sees other markets that Lazada’s helloPay is in, rebranding themselves into Alipay for that specific country, mainly Alipay Malaysia, Alipay Indonesia, and Alipay Philippines.

As part of the rebranding, staff from helloPay will now be a part of Jack Ma’s Ant Financial, a financial affiliate of Alibaba.

What It Means For Consumers

Image Credit: Alipay

For everyone else though, if you are an existing helloPay user, know that you won’t have to do anything due to the change. Alipay Singapore will still function as an alternative payment method on Lazada.